DIY Draught Excluder
What with the cold weather setting in, I thought it would be the perfect time to make a draught excluder. We have a knitting pattern for a draught excluder that can be downloaded here. But if you’re like me, and you can just about tell one end of a knitting …
Fresh Herbs for Hospital
REAP’s latest appearance in the Banffie features the new, herb-filled raised bed at The Turner Hospital. You can see all our press clippings on the Press page of the website.
Twa drookit rats on KCR FM radio
Catch Lynne and Dorothy’s January broadcast for KCR FM’s Community Corner programme. Back from the allotments in the rain, they warm up by making some allotment soup with freshly harvested tatties. There’s growing your own chat, and energy saving kitchen tips from Sandra from the Energy Benefits Moray team.
Apple-icious
Here’s our wee slideshow with just a few photos from the Apple Day. Roll on next year! If you click on the play button it will take you to the Smilebox website where the video will load and play automatically. Picture slideshow created with Smilebox
Apples, apples, apples…
You can freeze, refrigerate and wrap apples to store them. You can bake them, roast them, juice them, mull them, make pie, crumble, muffins, tarts, chutney them, dry them in the oven or airing cupboard to make apple crisps or jelly them alone or with other flavours. Apple loves bramble, …
Seeds are like stories…
… they are meant for sharing not for keeping. That was the big message from The Fife Diet Seed Truckers during a tremendous day spent in Keith. The house ceilidh in Longmore Hall was a lovely evening with sharing of stories, song, music and poems. There were tears and laughter …
A Farm in the School
Inspiration from Inverness High The growing space at Inverness High School really has to be seen to believed! It is a majestic sight and packed with inspiring ideas for projects large and small. It’s a fantastic set-up, beautifully and cleverly managed. It ranges from veg plots with tatties, salads and …
RIDANs, Rockets and Green Johannas
Composting for the 21st Century! Modern composters make it possible for schools (and businesses) to compost almost all their food waste without any smells, flies or hassle. Today’s composters are sophisticated, neat and tidy. Run well they can reach 40-60º C, which kills harmful bacteria as well as fly larvae to …